Britains Chris Hoy Crowned Olympic Keirin King
BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) - Britain’s Chris Hoy claimed his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics and third of his career when he powered his way unchallenged to the men’s keirin crown here on Saturday.
Fellow Scot Ross Edgar finished second in the six-man final to take the silver medal with Japan’s Kiyofumi winning the bronze.
Hoy, who anchored Britain’s sprint team to gold ahead of France on Friday, is the reigning champion in the now defunct Olympic event of the kilometre.
The 32-year-old had made his way into the final with relative ease and was simply unstoppable again in the battle for gold, taking a significant lead before the bell signalling the final lap and driving home to the finish unchallenged.
In his wake, Edgar put in a late burst to finish just ahead of Nagai to claim a well deserved silver that will comfort him after he had been ousted from Britain’s sprint team on Friday in favour of 20-year-old Jason Kenny.
Australian Shane Kelly finished fourth, ahead of Germany’s Carsten Bergemann and Frenchman Arnaud Tournant.
It was the last Olympic race for 14-time world champion Tournant, who claimed silver in the team sprint on Friday
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